Coyote Ugly (2000)
Piper Perabo: Violet Sanford
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Quotes
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Lil : I'm married to that bar. Hell, I'd, uh, I'd sleep there, if I had the guts to walk around barefoot. But that's me, you know. I'm the original coyote. Just a small town gal trying to make it in the big bad city.
Violet : Small town gal?
Lil : Piedmont, North Dakota. You ever tell anyone that, I'll kill ya.
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Cammie : I'm Cammie, the Russian tease.
Violet : Violet, the Jersey nun.
Cammie : That one's Rachel, the New York bitch. We all play our little parts. Only Rachel really is a bitch, and I really am a tease.
Lil : Cammie, you can only be a tease if you stop sleepin' around, babe.
Cammie : Yeah, I keep forgetting that part!
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Violet : [as Kevin follows 'lost girl' home] I'm not lost. Somebody just moved my street.
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Violet : I don't mean to press my luck, but would you mind telling me why you're hiring me?
Lil : Because, the, um, average male is walking around with a toddler inside of his pants, a two year old right there inside his dockers.
Violet : Men have two year old children in their pants - that's why you're hiring me?
Lil : You look like a kindergarten teacher. The kids'll love it.
Violet : Sorry I asked.
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Violet : Hi. I'm Violet Sanford. I just recently moved to New York and I was wondering if you would give my tape to one of your artists.
Wendy : Violet, that is so cute! Now lemme tell you about me. My name is Wendy and I first moved to New York when I was 21 to be a dancer, but I broke my big toe and then I got knocked up by this actor who dumped me to join the Peace Corps, so for the last 16 years I been raising my daughter all by myself and then two weeks ago, she tells me that she is a bisexual and that she hates me more than any person on this planet.
[chuckles]
Wendy : Now tell me how I can help you, please, because I am dying to make *your* dreams come true.
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Violet : I want my tape.
Kevin : Had a feeling you'd be back to see me.
Manager : No dates in the kitchen, O'Donnell.
Violet : I'm not staying. I-I just want my tape. Please.
[he hands her the tape]
Violet : Thanks. Bye.
Kevin : Did you really write all those songs?
Violet : You listened to my tape?
Kevin : No, of course not, I mean, that would be invasion of privacy.
[singing]
Kevin : Baby you're the right kind of wrong.
Violet : Go ahead. Laugh it up. 'Cause there's nothing you can say that's gonna bother me.
Kevin : I'm just trying to tell you I like your music. I mean, do you always take compliments so well?
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Violet : Okay, I've never had anyone stare at my ass for half an hour, so I'm gonna say goodnight, and I'm hoping you're gonna say it back.
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Violet : You said I could be whatever I wanna be.
Bill Sanford : I never said "Songwriter in New York City."
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Lil : I told ya not to break the rules.
Violet : What are you talking about?
Lil : I'm talking about you and your boyfriend making a scene in my bar. I'm talking about a friend of mine inside with a broken nose. The rules were simple, Jersey. I fired girls for a lot less.
Violet : What, so I can't have a boyfriend, now? What kind of stupid shit is that?
Lil : Hey, this place is my home. And I'm not willing to risk everything I have on your personal life. It's business, plain and simple.
Violet : This is not business. I work my ass off for you and you're supposed to be my friend!
Lil : I never said I was your friend. I'm your boss and you knew the rules like everybody else.
Violet : Will you stop with "the rules". It's a bar for Christ sake!
Lil : [hands Violet her guitar] Then what are you so upset about?
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Violet : I'm a songwriter, is there someone here I can talk to about my songs?
Fiji Mermaid Waiter : I've been a struggling sax player for 12 years. What can I get you from the bar?
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Violet : Why won't you give up on this?
Kevin : Because I've been giving up on people my entire life and it's a nasty little habit, so you're going to sing at the club or...
Violet : Or you'll what?
Kevin : I'll never kiss you again.
Violet : That sounds like a threat, Mr. O'Donnell.
Kevin : Well, let's just say it's going to be quite a long, cold winter.
Violet : That's supposed to convince me?
Kevin : It's working, isn't it? Your knees are getting weak.
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Violet : Oh, right, we don't talk about you, right? It's a big secret. Come on, Kevin, let's play a game. I'm gonna guess why you left Australia.
Kevin : Doesn't matter.
Violet : You were in jail? No that's not it. You have a wife and four kids in Sydney? Come on, am I getting warm? Come on, Kevin, I don't have alot of time. Why'd you run away from home?
Kevin : I didn't have a home! Is that what you wanted to hear? I don't have a family. I mean that's the big secret! Are you happy? Huh? Are you gonna feel sorry for me now? Are you gonna hold me close while I tell you I had to change homes every 2 years? I had a bad childhood, big deal. I don't need your sympathy! 'Cause I'm here and I'm livin' on my two feet like I wanted to. That was my dream. At least I did it with a little bit of dignity.
Violet : And I didn't, that's it?
Kevin : Well just unbutton the blouse a little and unzip the pants a little, show a little bit of flesh. I think you can figure it out.
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Violet : [waitress aiming for New York] Enjoy your pie, guys. It's the last one I'll ever serve.